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Oracle in a Nutshell
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Oracle in a Nutshell

by Rick Greenwald, David C. Kreines
December 2002
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
928 pages
85h 29m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE

Synopsis

ALTER DATABASE BACKUP CONTROLFILE TO filename | TO TRACE

SQL*Plus command. Creates a backup of the current control file for the database.

Keywords

to_filename

Specifies the location of a copy of the current control file.

TO TRACE

Causes the information in the control file to be written as SQL statements to a file in the database’s trace directory. You can use this information to re-create the control file with the CREATE CONTROLFILE command.

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